Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-01-27

of good horse and Of all who desire to i'm
prove their stock to the advertisement, OF
"CaDton" AS it is but seldom that the cit.
liens Of our neighborhood have the oppor.
tunity 60 breed from such horse, We give 4
few items Of interest about him.
Canton is one of tho best living stations
by Jay Gould. who, it will be remembered,
was the sensational erformer Of 1871, un-
der the name of Judge Brigham, 222, and
wac sold for $4,000. His name Was then
changed to Jay Gould, in honor ofoEe of the
gentleman interested in his purchase. The
following season he lowered his record To
22li, a third heat AM in 1874, after his
stud season Dan Mace drove him two heats
in public, to rule in 2"01, gel. at Myst {
Park Oct Is Of same year. Mace won a
match race with him at Herring Run Track,
for 5000, defeating Bashaw, Jr. who WAS
drawn after the first heat, and then Could
was driven mile in 9 l9t. He was got by
Rysdyks uamblelonian, oLt of Lady san.
ford by American Star, and the most Won
dertul showing by extreme performers stands
to the credit Of these families. The sircs Of
Jay-Eyc-Scc, 3l0, Phallas 2.l31 Majolica
3.l5, Hattie Woodward l5t, Director PIT,
and Dexter 2,l1t, are brothers in blood to
Jay Gould He WAS six in the 2.30 list and
his sons Inheritor ana King Philip have
sired $50 performers notably that fast and
game horse Montgomery, , Eli by Iuhertor.
So much for the sire of"Canton.' Now
his dam Lady Shipley Is bred in lines that
are generally approved of at the present day
The top cross pure gated ,rot'er, support
foundation. She WAS got by the standard stall
lion Prices SAINT Lawrence (record 2 800
and sire of Sadie II = 3d. son OF old 81.
Lawrence, Of whom it is statct. in the ii ST
volume OF the Amcricau Trotting Register !:
Tins WAS doub less the best Canadian
urotter) ever drought 10 the States" Lady
Shipley's dam Jenny Lind was Of thorough
bred hrcase and got by imported Herald,
out of the dam of Eutaw by Sir Charles,
Jenny Lind was half sister to Fanny
WCkham who trottcd near Richmond, Va,
in 1858, winning the twenty mile race in one
hour, 10 minutes, 80 seconds Both these
mares were remarkable for great endurance
and trotting inclination, and Jenny LIND,
second dam of "Canton,' imported these
qualities as her daughter Jill made u record
of 2 2St to wagon, on the Fashion Course in
1862. - Chronicle.
The COUNTY STATEMEST.-Wc apprc
bend that the work OF making up the annu
nj statement for publication 10y the Board OF
County Commissioners will shortly DC un'
dcrtaken and we desire to offer to the
worthy gentlemen u suggestion, possibly
more than one.
In the first place, for once, gentlemen,
gives us a CASH balance sheet we have never
We, seen one ; the source of revenues Ia al
WAYS given as so many millions of asscss'
mrnt at so many mills tax levy, when every
one knows that does not represent any de-
finite amount Ofcash, there always being
large sums due from unpaid taxes.
Again. why cumbcr the report with col
umn after column of pensioners and owl
sculps. while u much larger sum Is covered
in the very indefinite item "Continsent Fund
5000"
Further, please do not again indulge in
that pleasant fiction Per diem of Board
81 900" let the people see exactly how
much has been paid you, just as YOU so care
fully and properly let each pensioners name
and pension be know; it will require but
little ezra space and will afford an immense
amount of satisfaction. Also please explain
how it IL that the even IS 600 always holds
out; never 4 balance, never deficit. Pub
lish in gross sums tho amount of unpaid
taxes and that, ii any, due from former col
lcCtors
DO not, when YOU have it ready TO send
before the people, pay two newspapers more
than the ndycrt!scncu at is worth and al the